Introduction to Total Productive Maintenance Concept
In today’s manufacturing world,
Total Productive maintenance” commonly known as TPM is a very widespread and well
known management system which is considered, to be the most effective
methodology that demonstrates the overall pursuit of improvement of the efficiency
of the production processes to the highest degree as far as possible. The
term TPM is attributed to Nippondenso a company that use to supply parts
to Toyota in 1960 and continues to do so even today as a part of TOYOTA Group
Companies. However, Seiichi Nakajima is regarded as the father of TPM
because of his numerous contribution to TPM.
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1 . Seiichi Nakajima considered to be
the father of TPM Concept.
He has
written the following books: Introduction to TPM (Productivity Press, 1988) and
TPM Development Program (Productivity Press, 1989), which describe the building
blocks of a TPM concepts , explains the overall equipment effectiveness
measurements, provide sample implementation plans and document the potential
benefits.
Similarly,
Terry Wireman, who has written TPM, An American Approach (Industrial Press,
1991) looks at TPM from the perspective of the maintenance organization and
describes the concept of TPM as a part of the overall manufacturing system.
Photo 2 Terry Wireman well
known author and consultant
Another
prominent TPM authority, Shirose (1992), described TPM from the viewpoint of
the equipment operators in his book TPM for Operators (Productivity Press,
1992)
Apart
from the there are numerous works that has been done by various writers which
are to be considered to be great assets for the inquisitive minds working for
understanding TPM perspective. some of the good works are given below for ready
reference:
1. "An Introduction tpm in
www.plant-maintenance.com". Retrieved 2016-03-09.
2. ^ Jump up to:a b "Seiichi Nakajima - The Principles and Practice of
TPM". www.cetpm.de. Retrieved 2016-03-09.
3. ^ Prabhuswamy,
M; Nagesh, P; Ravikumar, K (February 2013). "Statistical Analysis and
Reliability Estimation of Total Productive Maintenance". IUP Journal
of Operations Management. Rochester, NY: Social
Science Electronic Publishing. XII (1): 7–20. SSRN 2246601.
5. ^ Jump up to:a b Nicholas, John
(1998). Competitive manufacturing management. Europe: McGraw-Hill.
7. ^ Creech,
Bill (1994). Five Pillars of TQM: How to Make Total Quality Management
Work for You. E P Dutton.
·
Carannante, Toni. TPM Implementation. https://getinfo.de/en/search/id/BLSE%3ARN118636090/
In TPM,
maintenance has to be recognized as a valuable aspect of manufacturing process i.e.
the maintenance organization is considered to have a commendable role in making
the business more profitable and the manufacturing system more competitive by
continuously improving the capability of the equipment, as well as making the
practice of maintenance more efficient.
TPM, is designed to prevent
the occurrence of losses due to failures and small adjustments during
production (which slows down the speed of production) and /or losses due to
defects, startup and yield losses, or the losses due to break downs. In
industry, total productive maintenance (TPM) is a
continuous process of monitoring, maintaining and improving the integrity of
production and quality systems of a plant through the machines, equipment,
processes, and employees that add business value to an organization.
It is a
company wide team based effort to build, “ Quality in to the Equipment's”,
to improve the overall equipment effectiveness.
The three words Total , Productive and Maintenance may be summed up as
below:
Total :
• All
Employees are involved
• It Aims
to eliminate accidents, defects, breakdowns and losses
Productive
:
• Actions
are performed while production is on-going
• Troubles
for productions are minimized
• Ensuring
Stoppage free production
Maintenance
:
• Keep in
Good Condition
• Doing
regular Cleaning, Lubrication, Inspection, Repair and Tightening
In the
next blog I have detailed on the brief history of TPM Practice and its multiple
definitions ( Link: A Brief History of Total Productive Maintenance)
